every
pronunciation
How to pronounce every in British English:
UK [ˈevri]
How to pronounce every in American English:
US [ˈevri]
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- Adjective:
- each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
- (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
Word Origin
- every
- every: [OE] Stripped down into its component parts, every means literally ‘ever each’. It was originally an Old English compound made up of ǣfre ‘ever’ and ǣlc ‘each’, in which basically the ‘ever’ was performing an emphasizing function; in modern English terms it signified something like ‘every single’, or, in colloquial American, ‘every which’. By late Old English times the two elements had fused to form a single word.=> each, ever
- every (adj.)
- early 13c., contraction of Old English æfre ælc "each of a group," literally "ever each" (Chaucer's everich), from each with ever added for emphasis. The word still is felt to want emphasis; as in Modern English every last ..., every single ..., etc. Also a pronoun to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser. Compare everybody, everything, etc. The word everywhen is attested from 1843 but never caught on; neither did everyhow (1837). Slang phrase every Tom, Dick, and Harry "every man, everyone" dates from at least 1734, from common English given names.
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Example
- 1. We pay attention to every detail .
- 2. Every family needs a vacation .
- 3. Carefully pull out every nail .
- 4. Your dna is in every part of your body .
- 5. Light pollution exists on every continent except antarctica .